Welcome back Rustyn242, it's nice to see that everything seems alright with you.

As far as missing something, you've missed the arrival of Tom Southwell (Production Illustrator for the movie).
Because he's a gentleman and gracious with his experience, not only on BR but also his extensive experience on many movies, he was able to share a load of pictures, info, and knowledge about a variety of subjects, which in turn answered a lot of questions and mysteries for us all.

I miss his presence here and I hope he'll come back soon with more interesting stories

Directed by SRS for sure and involving previous characters from the first film...screenplay is still ironed out as we speak. No chatting on anybody scouting locations, or art direction/ artists involved, etc.
Alcon is producing if not mistaken (seems that they took over the "BR gang")